Beijing Games: Day 12

Beijing Games: Day 12

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Usain Bolt ran a record 19.30 in the 200 on Wednesday, breaking Michael Johnson's mark of 19.32 set in 1996.

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U.S. catcher Stacey Nuveman and her teammates were pushed into extra innings against Megu Hirose and Japan, but scored four runs in the ninth to win 4-1 and advance to the gold medal game.

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Crystl Bustos is congratulated after her three-run homer gave the U.S. plenty of cushion.

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BMX made its debut in the Olympics at the Bejing Games on Wednesday as 16 women and men cruised into Thursday's semifinals. All three U.S. men advanced.

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American racers Mike Day and Kyle Bennett (center) showed exactly what BMX is about. Day put on a display of dominance, winning the time trial and each of his three quarterfinal heats. Bennett moved on as well, but paid a huge price, dislocating his left shoulder after a wreck in his final heat.

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Kyle Bennett of the U.S. (riding in third place in photo) finished eighth in the third of three quarterfinal runs but advanced to the semifinals because of second- and fourth-place finishes in the earlier runs.

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Mike Day (far left) and Donny Robinson lead the pack in the BMX debut.

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Phil Dalhausser (in white) goes up against Renato Gomes of Georgia. Dalhausser and Todd Rogers won 21-11, 21-13 and will play for gold on Friday.

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Yao Ming's and China's hopes of winning a medal were dashed as they lost to Lithuania 94-68 in the quarterfinals.

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Kobe Bryant and the U.S. defeated David Anderson and the Aussies 116-85 in the quarterfinals.

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Aksana Miankova of Belarus won gold in the hammer throw.

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Aleksandar Ciric (9) of Serbia fights for the ball against Spain's Ricardo Perrone in the quarterfinals.

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Roqaya Al-Gassra of Bahrain competed in the 200 while wearing a white hijab and a red, full-length suit. She didn't qualify for tomorrow's final.

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Melaine Walker of Jamaica finished first in the 400-meter hurdles.

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USA's Clayton Stanley (13), David Lee (4) and Riley Salmon (10) put up a wall of defense against Serbia's Dejan Bojovic in the quarterfinals.

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Bernard Lagat of the U.S. leads the pack in his heat of the 5,000.